ملف رقم ٣٢٧٦ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس - ظل السلطان" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٤] (٢٧٨/٢٣١)

rmis Doetamdnt Is the Pr operty o* His Britannic Majesty's ^overameKt,
~a ad shoul d be retu rned to the Foreig n Office when done with
u nless re quired lor official use.]
PILES ONLY,
Decypher Sir Go Buciianan (Petrograd)
Ma y 1G 'th ,,1916,
Le 9opan. May 16th, 1916,,
Ho 12*30 pane May 17th* 1916*
No* 710. (D).
X read to Minister for Foreign Affairs this morning
and left with him memorandum embodying your telegram No.
1008 Put His Excellency said that he feared that Russian
Government could not undertake to act as you had suggested*
He at the same time handed me memorandum in reply to Paris
telegram No. 479 end your telegram No, 9 71 and I fear that
unless Zil-es-Sultan can induce him to change his attitude
we must consider it as his final answer*
• Memorandum expresses regret that Russian Government
cannot assume responsibility for half of the 1 ? 000,000
francs which His Royal Highness claims from Persian Governmen
It appears that losses suffered Py Zil~es<-Sultan when the
Ispahan branch of the Imperial Bank of Persia was pillaged
were due to want of foresight of Bank in not evacuating m
time money lying at the branch as was done by the Russian
Nevertheless Russian Government considers that Persian
Government might be made responsible for loss suffered by
the Prince by remitting taxes clue by the latter to the
Treasuryo If these taxes are not sufficient Persian Govern
merit mi gilt grant him the revenue of properties of Agha Nun-
Vila of Amin fudjar and other German partisans*
As regards 400.000 francs borrowed by Akbar Mirza fro. -
the Russian Bank this sum is already guaranteed by prope